Alan Wilder

Alan Charles Wilder is a British musician, formerly of Depeche Mode. His current musical project is called Recoil, started as a side project to Depeche Mode, but when he left the latter in 1995, it evolved into Wilder's primary project. Wilder has also provided production and remixing services to the bands Nitzer Ebb, and Curve.Wilder is married to former Miranda Sex Garden member Hepzibah Sessa. The couple married in 1994 and have a son, Stanley Duke, and a daughter, Paris, together. Born on 1 June 1959, he is a classically-trained musician and renowned contemporary music producer. Alan Wilder was born into a neither "rich nor poor" family. Known by many as Depeche Mode's only trained musician, he began piano at the age of eight, through the encouragement of his parents. Later on, he learned the flute and became a leading musician in his school bands. After school, Alan worked as a studio assistant at DJM Studios. This led to him ending up working for bands such as The Dragons,... full article at wikipedia